Livingston, TN 38570 Frost Dates
When can you plant in Livingston, TN?
Around 04/12 is the usual last spring frost, about 227 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/25, about 195 frost-free days later.
Livingston sits in USDA Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
About 8 weeks of growing season left in Livingston before the first fall frost — a cold frame or row cover can stretch harvest weeks past that date.
The actual range around Livingston's last frost
04/12 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 03/28 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/30 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Livingston compares
Livingston's growing season runs about 195 days, ranking 19,268 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within TN, it ranks 577 of 770.
Learn more
the frost range covers how to read the range around Livingston's dates instead of trusting one. local microclimates covers what one yard in Livingston can differ from the 38570 normal.